Girls' name · since 1966
Heleen
Heleen has 27 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Heleen since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Heleen has 27 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2017.
- #42,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heleen ranks #42,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #42,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Heleen's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Heleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Heleen splits its recorded history at 2002: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1966 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Heleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2017
- Peak year (1966)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2017.
27 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 6 births in a single year.
Heleen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Heleen's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Heleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (59% of all-time use).
Heleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Heleen's data
- Heleen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Heleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Heleen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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